The NYS Education Department (NYSED) released a plan Monday that would make Regents exams a thing of the past.
The state Education Department released a plan Monday — ironically just as high school students are prepping for and taking the year-end exams — to nullify the mandate that high schoolers take the tests, based upon“NYSED recommends decoupling specific assessment requirements from graduation requirements. Doing so means that students will no longer need to pass the Regents exams,” the plan states.Students will still have to take the Regents exams planned for this month.
All three options are valid high school diplomas. With the elimination of Regents, the state would move to offering just one diploma. To earn a high school diploma, students would have to demonstrate proficiency in each component of the portrait, which includes critical thinking, innovative problem solving and literacy across content areas.
“Exit exam policies like New York’s have caused significant harm to young people while failing to achieve their intended aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning,” Sweet said. Other education experts are more critical of the change in policy, including Andy Lockwood, CEO and co-founder of Lockwood College Prep.
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